Spring-seat.



DON CARLO Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DON CARLOS TRAVIS, OF KEN'OSHA, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO THE SIMMONS MANU-FACTURIN G COMPANY, OF KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

SPRING-SEAT.

To all whom it may 0017 cam Be it known that I, DON CARLOS Tnavis, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city of Kenosha, county ofKenosha, and Stateof lVisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Spring- Seats, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to spring seats, particularly seats for automobileuse and contemplates improved construction and arrangement for securingthe upholstering fabric in place on the seat frame.

Spring seats as now constructed usually comprise upper and lower framesbetween which suitable springs are interposed, cushioning material and afinish cover being applied over the cushioning material and extendingdown along the sides of the seat, and a bottom fabric being securedunderneath the frame. Heretofore the practice has been to sew togetheralong the edgeof the bottom frame the bottom fabric and the sides of thetop covering, such operation being laborious and consuming considerabletime.

In general the object of my invention is to provide improved means forenabling the bottom and top fabrics to be tacked into place about theedge of the lower frame.

More in detail the object of the invention is to provide a wood stripalong the outer edge of the lower frame and improved means for holdingthis strip in place so that the lower edges of the sides of the topfabric and the outer edges of the bottom fabric can be tacked inconjunction to the strip to form a neat joint and a finished appearance.The invention involves improved clips which enable the strip to berigidly and quickly secured to the border wire of the lower frame.

Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings Figure 1 is an endelevational view of a seat with parts broken away and parts in sectionto clearly show the construction and arrangement, Fig. 2 is a plan viewof one end of the seat with part of the cushioning material and topcovering removed, and Fig. 3 is anenlarged sectional view through thelower frame border wire and wood strip, and showing one of the clips forsecuring the strip in place.

The seat shown comprises upper and lower frames 5 and 6 between whichare in- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 28, 1913.

' Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

Serial No. 751.296.

tel-posed suitable springs 7. The upper frame has the border wire 8 andthe lower frame has the border wire 9, the outfit:

springs being secured at their upper and lower ends to the respectiveborder wires by means of suitable clips 10, the inner springs beingsupported by cross wires 11 connected therewith and with, the outersprings. Secured over the springs is suitable foundation fabric 12 forsupporting cushioning material 13, the top finish fabric 14. usually ofleather, being fastened over the cushioning material as by means of"buttons 15, the ends of the cushioning material extending downwardlyfrom the top to the lower frame to form the inclosing sides 16. Forinclosing the bottom of the seat an oil board 17 is preferably utilizedand held in place by the bottom fabric 18, Heretofore the practice hasusually been to sew. together the outer edges of the bottom fabric andthe lower ends of the sides '16 bur such operation is laborious andconsumes considerable time. f

In order to enable the outer ends of the bottom fabrieto be more readilysecured in place about the loweredge of the seat, I secure a'strip '19along the bottom edge of the scat, such strip being preferably of woodwhich will readily receive tacks and which is applied to intimatelyfollow the lower border wire 9 in such amanner that its outer face isflush with the outside of the border wire. As a means for rigidly andaccurately securing the wood strip in place, clips 20 are used. Theseclips are bent up of sheet metal lengths into U-form with their limbsstraight as indicated in Fig.3, the lower outer, corner of the clipsbeing deflected to form a pocket 20' for receiving the lower border wire9. The wood strip is preferably in two sections 19 and 19", the section19 being bent into shape to fit the end and rear sections of the lowerborder wire while the section 19 fits the front section of the wire asindicated. The strip sections are placed on the border wire and theU-shaped clips slippedupwardly about the border wire and the strips, theouter sec: tions b and c of the clips extending abo e the strips beingthen bent by suitable machinery inwardly and downwardly to force -theends d and a into the soft material of the strips. If desired the stripscan be slotted to receive these ends. After such an plication of'theclips, the strips will be securely clamped thereby and will be rigidlyheld in upright'position against the border wire 9 which is clamped inthe-pockets of the clips. The outer ends 18 'of the lower fabric and thelower ends 16' of the side section 16 are now tacked to the wood aborder'wire, of a tacking strip following the direction of said wire,and a clip embracing said wire and said strip, said strip andclipcoiiperating positively to prevent lateral movement of said wire;

2. Ina spring seat, the combination with a lower border w1re,0f anon-metallic tackin strip following the direction of said wire, an

metallic U-shaped clips clamped around said strip and each :of saidclips having a pocket for receiving the wire.

3. In a spring seat, the combination of a border'wire, a tacking strip,and a clipibracing said wire and said strip, Lsai'd rip and clipcooperating to form a pocket for said wire.

4. In a spring seat, the combination of a border wire, a tacking stripfollowing the direction of said wire, and a metallicclip intimatelyclasped around said strip and including said Wire, said strip and clip5. In a spring seat, the combination of x a border Wire, a substantiallyrectangular non-metallic tacking strip, a metallic clip clasped aroundsaid strip and including said wire, said clip and strip cooperating toform a pocket at one of the corners of said strip to lock said wireagainst lateral movement.

6. In a spring seat the combination with a lower border wire of a Woodentacking strip having its outer face in the same plane as said lowerborder wire and a plurality of spaced apart, metallic U-shaped clips,each having a pocket in it bent to fit around the lower border wire andsaid clips being slipped about the border wire and strip, the ends ofthe'clips. being deflected inwardly and against'the top of the strip torigidly secure the. latter to the border wire. I 7. In a spring seat;the combination with a border 'wire, a non-metallic tacking stripfollowing the direction of said border wire, and anon-continuous{metallic clip clasped around said' strip and includingsaid wire and having its ends deflected against and inwardly into thesurface of said strip.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 27th day' ofFebruary, A. D;,

DON CARLOS TRAVIS.

lVitnessesi Y ALBERT H. GRAVES,

H. J. CAVANAGH.

